No Rest for the Wicked: The Breach Update

Approximately a year past, Moon Studios, creators of Ori and the Blind Forest, introduced their action RPG, No Rest for the Wicked, in Steam early access. Although the game isn’t fully released yet, it offers a wealth of content for gamers to delve into. The most recent update, dubbed The Breach, is its latest significant overhaul, introducing a vast quantity of fresh material to the game, from a new gaming mode to new missions. As with any update, it also tackles bugs and enhances overall gameplay for a smoother experience.

In the latest update titled “The Breach,” three fresh quests are introduced: Weeping Sisters, Roots That Bind, and Faith and Flame. Additionally, there are 17 new narrative sequences, comprising of three cinematics, 5 blended cutscenes, and 9 gameplay cutscenes. One particularly thrilling addition is the introduction of Hardcore Mode, catering to players seeking a tougher challenge. In this mode, gamers strive to complete the game without meeting their demise. Fortunately, when characters perish in hardcore mode, they don’t completely vanish; instead, they transform into regular characters that can be played on non-hardcore servers.

Some key points are outlined from the latest update, “No Rest for the Wicked” in The Breach, which is currently ready for download on PC. For those interested in delving into every detail of the modifications and enhancements made to Moon Studios’ game, the comprehensive list of changes can be found below:

Or even more informally:

Check out some cool updates from “No Rest for the Wicked” in The Breach, now available on PC. For those who want to know every single change and addition to Moon Studios’ game, you can find the full details below:

No Rest for the Wicked Update Patch Notes – The Breach

Performance:

NVIDIA DLSS integration upgraded to version 4.0.
Major restructure in our gameplay asset pipeline to reduce the amount of objects, meshes, animations and textures permanently resident in memory.
Restructured several core systems to allow them to run in parallel with Unity’s multithreaded physics simulation, reducing time spent on the main thread for each frame.
Numerous changes to object preloading, culling, streaming and instantiation. Moved work away from the main thread, increased probability of preloading assets before they’re needed, increased efficiency of culling systems, etc.
Major pass on Garbage Collector memory allocations; reduced or eliminated allocations across many objects and systems including our core Timeline system driving playback for cinematics and gameplay animations and sounds.
Moved away from running Incremental Garbage Collection, improving baseline performance and reducing contention between threads.
Various changes in world streaming mechanics to reduce cases of major pieces of the world visibly loading on-screen when roaming around, respawning or using Whispers.
Performance improvements on cloth simulation.
Reduced amount of objects and lights that were unnecessarily casting shadows.
Unified frustum culling between main camera rendering and reflection planes; reducing overhead caused by water.
Improved culling performance and efficiency for scenes containing static geometry.
Improved culling performance during cinematic playback.
Revised synchronization with our simulation thread to improve performance and reduce latency.
Optimized a variety of lanterns to no longer require full rigidbody physics simulation.
Optimized content for a variety of visual effects, reducing their instantiation costs, GPU costs, and more.
Optimized objects and initialization code for a variety of characters, reducing their instantiation costs.
Optimized various UI screens for rendering performance and reduced spikes that happened when opening them.

Fixed a major regression in tessellation performance affecting No Rest for the Wicked on SteamOS beta 3.6 in collaboration with Valve .

Quality of Life Improvements:

In-Line Hints introduced
This is an optional toggle that isn’t enabled by default
Removed popups at the top of the screen
Item icons and input prompts appear beside the loot/interactable
Existing cinematic polish/updates
Players will now be able to claim the Cerim Armor set from Captain Randolph regardless of linking their twitch account via “Entitlements”
Nameless Pass cranes now have proper physics
Added the ability for NPCs to look at the player if they were previously unable to
New skybox art
The environment will no longer have extreme depth of field if the player is a distance away
Many buff icons have been improved and are now indicative of their effects
Fillmore has a 50% discount on items he sells & will repair gear for free while in Mariner’s Keep as a thank you for saving him. Once the player meets him in Sacrament for the first time, he will reward the player with upgrade materials
Player characters now kneel and have a visual effect around them as they fast travel between areas
Nameless Pass vista overlooking the Western Camp has been improved
Rusty Khopesh backstab animation has been changed to fit the weapon better
Finley now has updated attire and is accompanied by his companion
Armor descriptions & names improved so that they match their item type properly
Added new states and dialogue for many, many NPCs throughout Sacrament
Added loot to some secret areas around The Shallows + Mariner’s Keep
Added new types of dogs to Sacrament
New Silver Ore icon
Killing enemies results in them dropping experience orbs that fly to the player
Players can now compare items when looking inside of a chest
Interacting with Whispers has a new animation and is now smoother
Added optional quest step to speak to Winnick before Odessa after defeating Darak for the first time
Food ingredients from the environment will now have the plant of the ingredient disappear once looted
Items in chests from houses or community chests are now able to be used directly at vendors without them being in the players’ inventory
Some copper ore nodes are now available throughout Isola Sacra, instead of just being available in tier 1 zones
Added rotation swaying to static camera shots, e.g when interacting with vendors
Key items that are one-use now disappear from the key items inventory tab after being used
The exterior of Eleanor & Whittaker’s tier 3 shops now have added lighting, to make their significance clearer
Players can now see their stagger bar on the HUD
Bosses now have a much greater chance to drop enchanted gear
Weapons that do not have their attribute requirements fulfilled by the player will show a new graphic on the item & will create a prompt reminding players if equipped
The Black Trench now has ore and wood resources placed throughout
Improved the distribution of herbs & ingredients throughout the game
Gems are now stored in the “Misc” inventory tab
Gems will now show their effects when placed in items within their tooltip
One-way doors will now say if they cannot be opened from a particular side
Health will be restored upon waking up in the Rookery
Rings now show if they are damaged on the HUD
Items will now automatically merge stacks in the inventory
After enchanting an item, the item will now appear in the left window to view
Refineries now have a “loot all” option
Food ingredients will now state that they can be eaten, but are more effective when used in a recipe
Indicators have been added to inventory tabs to show that there is a new item there
Clicking on a realm no longer enters it, so players don’t accidentally enter realms
Housing items now only show in the quick use menu when in a house
“Whisper Stone” is now sold by Seneschal when the ability to buy items from him is unlocked. These can be placed in a player’s house to teleport directly to and from the house
Food is now prioritised over ingredients when the currently selected quick-use item runs out
The Fast Travelling Menu in Sacrament & the player’s house now shows the location of the last used whisper
Fast Travel is automatically unlocked upon reaching Sacrament and the main Sacrament Whisper no longer needs to be touched
Housing items now state in their descriptions that they can only be used in a house
Nameless Pass will now be more accurate in showing the current danger level for each part of the zone

Quests:

3 New Quests:
Weeping Sisters
Roots That Bind
Faith and Flame
The Ellsworth Speech cinematic (and the Breach Content after) no longer requires the player to complete steps of “Spoken and Unspoken” to become available
Finishing either “Servant of God” or “Of Rats and Raiders” will now increase the danger level of other zones

Game Modes

Hardcore Mode
Take on the ultimate challenge of completing No Rest for the Wicked without dying a single time.
Only Hardcore characters can enter Hardcore realms
Once a Hardcore character dies, it is changed to a regular character that can be played on non-hardcore realms

Cinematics:

17 new Story Scenes
3 Cinematics
5 Hybrid Cutscenes
9 Game View Cutscenes

Areas:

2 New Danger Zones
Lowland Meadows
Marin Woods
1 New Unlockable Safe Zone
Marin Village
1 New Temporary Safe Zone
The Hunter’s Vale
1 Area Expanded
Nameless Pass now 2 new sections and multiple new states
New Dark Caves
Coast Cellar Cave at The Shallows
Meadows Gate Cave in The Lowland Meadows
Wolf Den in Nameless Pass
1 New House
“The Burrow” is now available in Sacrament in Beggar’s Alley
Character light now matches the rims of environment lighting and only brightens existing lights instead of adding white/beige/green rims of its own
Improvements made to unify wind direction and wind strength

Vendors:

Vendor System Updates
All vendors now have a limit to the items they can sell every day
A new vendor named Ilaria has been added to Sacrament
Four new vendors are available in Marin Village
Dolan
Trello
Cyriel
Irmgard

Systems:

New Endgame Plague System
After the player has completed all of the Breach content, the Plague System will become active.
Interacting with the Plague System
The Plague will infect a zone at random, over time. The player can also choose to purposefully infect a zone by burning items/resources at a bonfire.
The Plague can be cleansed by killing 65% of the enemies within the area and then finally killing the Plagued Boss. Players can also cleanse the entire world of any Plagued zones by visiting the Seneschal within the Cerim Crucible.
Items/Resources can be burned at a bonfire within an infected area to increase the Plague Level, increasing both the difficulty and rewards
Burning a “Torn Effigy” will immediately summon the Plagued Boss
Corruptions
Burning items/resources, alongside increasing the difficulty and rewards, will add “Corruptions” to the infected area. These corruptions add modifiers that influence the player/enemies in numerous different ways
Burning non-torn resources will add Corruptions to the area quicker than if torn resources were used
Rewards
Enemies in plagued areas will drop better loot depending on the current Plague Level
Plagued Bosses can drop Unique items
Torn resources can be looted from enemies within the zone, which can be used to exalt gear, or craft a “Torn Effigy”
Weapon Scaling Rework
Prior to The Breach update, damage gained from weapon upgrades would add to damage gained from attributes. This meant that you could have a fully upgraded weapon with 0 attributes in the scaling stat for that weapon and it would still do good damage.
Now, the damage from upgrades multiplies with the damage from attributes. This results in both attributes and weapon upgrades having a more equal responsibility in damage dealt.
Status Effects reworked
Burn
Deals fire damage over time when the player hits an enemy with heat damage.
When this status effect is fully built-up, it deals even more damage.
Freeze
Enemies can become frozen upon being hit with cold damage.
Upon hitting a frozen enemy with physical damage, they will trigger the “shatter” effect, which deals massive damage to the enemy and ends the freeze effect.
Shock
Chain lightning effect triggers, dealing damage to the enemy and those around it.
Infection
Enemies affected by the plague status effect will take additional damage when they are infected.
The target will also have reduced healing.
Hunger System Implementation
Players no longer have any cooldown on food. Instead, players will have a limited amount of healing items they can use per combat encounter.
Players will start the game with the ability to use five food per combat encounter and can upgrade this limit via The Watcher, using Plague Ichor.
Tutorialization System Rework
Comprehensive pass on tutorialization to improve tutorials, when they appear, and revamp UI
Dodge Mechanic Rework
Quickstep now has more i-frames than medium roll
The player no longer gets slowed after performing multiple consecutive Quicksteps
Medium roll no longer has i-frames covering the full animation, which means players can be hit during the final part of the roll animation
Poise System Rework
Entities will not take any poise damage if they are already staggered
Entities will now play a hit reaction dependent on when they get attacked. For example, hitting an enemy while they are mid-attack will be more effective at interrupting them than attacking them at the end of their attack
Armor & Resistance rework
Upgrading armor now provides a flat bonus regardless of the type, which means that it is much more worthwhile to upgrade Cloth and Leather armor
Armor now gives elemental resistances
Rings now only gives two elemental resistances, but are now percentage increases
Added armor penetration to entities, which means that a higher level entity will deal more damage to lower level entity
Shield Rework:
Shields have been given a shield resistance value, instead of just providing additional armor to the player. Shields only having an armor value limited its capabilities, as armor had a diminishing returns effect.
Players can run while using Light Shields, cannot run while using Medium Shields & cannot move while using Great Shields.
Blocking no longer costs stamina.
Elemental damage now gets mitigated by shield resistance.
Shields no longer grant poise defence and instead deal poise damage on block. This means enemy stagger bar progress will not fall if players constantly block enemy attacks. Enemies will recoil if poise defence is lower than shield’s poise damage.
Dynamic Gear System Introduced
Previously, weapons & armor would only ever drop at their given tiers. They will now drop at an upgrade level dependent on both player level and enemy level. This means that a tier 1 weapon can now drop at a much higher upgrade level anywhere in the world.
Danos Project improvements
Players can upgrade Danos’ Workers to speed up the process of other projects permanently
Seneschal now has the ability to instantly complete any Danos project at the cost of Gloamseed
Improvements to targeting
During hard lock, the origin point is now based on where the targeting dot currently is, which means switching targets should now be much more accurate
Improvements for distinguishing between when the player is in auto-lock or hard-lock mode during combat
Target lock is now more forgiving when an enemy goes off-screen due to camera changes
Bounties & Challenges UI re-design
Abandoning Bounties & Challenges is now set to a different keybinding/button to accepting them
Multiple bounties can now be accepted at the same time
Item rewards can now be viewed before accepting a new bounty/challenge
The circular area indicator that appears on the map has been updated
Bounties/Challenges can now be tracked on-screen using a toggle (N)
All weapons now always have 4 runes available, even when enchanted
Every Staff/Wand/Bow rune will now only consume focus if the rune is successfully used. If the player is interrupted during the cast, it will not consume any focus.
Doubled base weapon damage, max health per health attribute, enemy health and enemy damage
Durability Damage on Death is now set to 1-10 instead of 5
Items in chests can now stack to 99 instead of 20 for food and 25 for other items
Fillmore now only upgrades weapons, while Mira & Meri will now upgrade Armor
Enemies in the Crucible now grant experience, at a reduced rate from the overworld
Food values, buff effects & buff durations re-balanced
Crafting material costs redefined to make more sense
Experience potions now grant a 10%/20%/30% bonus experience from Small/Medium/Large respectively and last an hour, instead of giving flat experience increases
Re-balanced the resource cost of upgrading weapons & armor
Increased repair costs slightly
The roles of ! and ? quest markers are now reversed, with ! signifying a new quest and ? signifying the end of a quest step
Quick-selection menus will not show the description of the items
Finley will now appear every day from 20:00 to 24:00 on the in-game clock
The aiming of Flasks & Bombs has been greatly improved
Danos will now show players what level each project is at in his menu
Enemy De-aggro Zones implemented around some NPC setups and vignettes / quest moments
Runes now have additional poise defense when using them
Improvements to dialog ui (“a” button appears instead of “y” & animates when pressed)
It is no longer possible to extract the “arrow” rune out of Bows
Kickback to enemies now occurs if they are frozen
Extracting runes now costs gold
Players are now properly set on fire when damaged by environmental fiery effects

Gear:
New Gauntlets and Wand Weapon Archetypes

Gauntlets
Ironstud Interrogators
Woven Wraps
Crystal Fist
Deadfang
Nith Grovebinders
Reibach’s Claws
Shellguard Gauntlets
Sun’s Scorn
Claw of the Crescent Moon
Cursed Unguis
Emerald Talons
Gossamer Gauntlets
The Dawn Never Comes
Wands
Entwined Root
Grasping Magus Wand
Hoar Frost Sickle
Lord of the Muck
Ambers Husk
Flame Becomes Us
Fused Coronet
Nit Gate
All is Known
Crooked Key
Molten Clutch
Moon Shard
Rune-Stricken Wand
Sanglier
Tarnished Wand

New Weapons for Existing Archetypes

One-Handed Axes
Boarskin Tusk
Shroud Cleaver
Reclaimer
One-Handed Straight Swords
Scorched Broadblade
Whetted Wedge
One-Handed Clubs
Thorn Gripper
Flame Wrangler
Harvester’s Bonesaw
Nailbringer
One-Handed Maces
Shrike Tree
Two-Handed Great Axes
Boarskin Reaper
Midnight Shredder
Cerim’s Skyrend
Harvester’s Dread
Two-Handed Scythe
Hope Shorn
Soul Thresher
Two-Handed Great Swords
Mayhem
Staffs
Endless Winter
Caretaker’s Ruined Staff

New Runes

Wand Runes
Armageddon
Fire Wall
Fire Walk
Spin Strike
Fire Blast
Fire Dart
Curved Fireball
Fire Burst
Air Beam
Frost Needles
Dodge Beam
Frost Blade
Ice Dart
Cold Sling
Lightning Bolt
Charged Bolt
Static
Lightning Blast
Lightning Dart
Lightning Barrage
Lightning Flash
Lightning Leap
Lightning Storm
Plague Splatter
Plague Column
Plague Dart
Plague Smite
Plague Barrage
Plague Explosion
Plague Burst
Plague Launch
Gauntlets Rune
Spirit Burst
Cyclone Kick
Drive Break
Rising Fang
Tempest Kick
Tremor Wave
Buster Rift
Skyfall Smash
Bare Knuckle
Break Rush
Dragonfly Kick
Recoil Strike
Snapback Shot
One-Handed Runes
Blazing Rupture
Tornado Strike
Brutal Reprise
Stormpiercer
Overrun
Two-Handed Runes
Relentless Cleave
Raging Spiral
Spiral Crash
Breaker Thrust
Seismic Crush
Tremor Slam
Rip and Tear
Frenzied Cleave
Staff Runes
Homing Frost
Frost Stream
Rotwheel
All-weapon runes
Turnback Kick
Dropkick
Throw Knife
Throw Axe
Frontflip Kick
Swipe Kick
Drone Trap
Illuminate

New Armor Sets

Ashen Knight Set
Blackhewn Mage Set
Bolein Knight Set
Bolein Rebel Set
Bolein Royal Set
Bonehawk Set
Covenant Knight Set
Dasha Mender Set
Fellhorn Set
Gilded Spearman Set
Gladesman Set
Groveguard Set
Heavy Feather Set
Hive Slinger Set
Mad Brambler Set
Mangler’s Set
Of the Beak Set
Of the Egg Set
Of the Primus Set
Pantler’s Set
Planeswalker Set
Stalking Jay Set
Snout Master Set
The Caretaker Set
Wild Finch Set
Torchborne Set
The Empty Set
Master Set
Mudstalker Set
Scarlet Set

New Unique Rings

Scarlet Ring
Swap Max Health and Max Focus.
Ring of Determination
Spend Health if there is not enough Focus available
Focus Cost decreased by up to 60% based on Missing Health.
Battlecry Ring
Spend Health instead of Focus
Cannot Lifesteal.
Serendipity Ring
Food healing is applied over time
Healing increased by 30%.

Reworked Rings

Rune Ring
Rune Damage increased by 30%
Attack Damage decreased by 10%
Thistle Ring
“Deal 25% Damage on Damage Taken.
Lose 6 Stamina on Damage Taken.
Snake Ring
Deal 20% Damage on Block
Lose 6 Stamina on Block.
Plagued Ring
Lifesteal Increased by 20% at Low Health
Max Health decreased by 20%.
Fierce Ring
Damage increased by 20% for 10 seconds after Damage Taken.
Band of Calmness
Focus Gain increased by 25%
Max Focus increased by 50%.
Solace Ring
Regainable Health increased by 30%

New Unique Gear

Glimmering Bulwark
Gain Enlightenment for 6 seconds after Parry
Rune Damage increased by 20% while Enlightened
Focus Gain increased by 30% while Enlightened
Tarnished Wand
Gain Enlightenment for 6 seconds after inflicting Shock Buildup
Stamina Cost decreased by 30% while Enlightened
Damage Taken decreased by 20% while Enlightened
The Dawn Never Comes
Gain one of Three Tolls for 15 seconds after Damage Taken
Damage increased by 20% on First Toll
Lifesteam increased by 20% on SecondToll
Damage Taken increased by 20% on Third Toll

Reworked Uniques

Lacquered Bow
Heat Damage increased by 20% for 6 seconds after Cold Damage Dealt.
Cold Damage increased by 20% for 6 seconds after Heat Damage Dealt.
Gain 30% Stamina on Damage Dodged
Midnight Blade
Shock Buildup increased by 50% for 5 seconds after inflicting Shock Buildup
Gain 30% Focus on Parry
Refill Focus on Backstab
Proud Lance
Electric Damage infusion after Sprinting for 4 seconds
Electric Damage increased by 40%
Movement Speed increased by 10%
Falling Sky
Damage increased by 10% of current Focus
Gain 50% Stamina on Focus Use
Sinew
Lifesteal increased by 25%
Damage increased by 30% against Low Health Enemies
Refill Stamina on Parry
Cinder & Stone
Deal 40% Heat Damage on Rune Attack
Deal 25% Heat Damage on Parry
Stagger Resistance increased by 30%
Fetid Club
Damage increased by 10% of Current Weight
Damage Taken decreased by 20% while Charging
Refill Stamina on Staggering an Enemy
Corpse Smeared Blade
Gain Taint for 15 seconds after inflicting Infection Buildup
Lifesteal increased by 30% while Tainted
Max Stamina increased by 40% while Tainted
Drain Health while Tainted
New recipes for crafting gear are now available

Enchantments:

Enchantment System Rework
Almost all of the enchantments found in the game are either new or have been re-worked. Full list and explanations of their mechanics can be found here: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/14NAhYwL5U4VWHrssh_AtIYmxYyMwr9MF5QoaB56G79Y/edit?gid=0#gid=0
Many event-based enchantments have been introduced, which massively expands upon the build diversity of the game Some of these events include things such as “after Fatality”, “after Charged Attack”, “on damage dodged” and many more
Fatality – When the enemy is killed with a special (rune) or a charged attack
Regainable Health – Upon taking damage, the player will have a limited time opportunity to gain back a portion of the lost health by hitting the enemy back
Elemental enchantments that were found on weapons which granted additional damage have now been replaced with “Overrides” that completely changes the damage type of the weapon
Magical items can now only have up to 3 enchantments, while plague can have up to 4, alongside them having a plagued downside
Fallen Embers can now be used to reroll/add enchantments to already enchanted items

Enemies and Bosses:

3 New Campaign Bosses
The Lost Huntress
The Caretaker & Tusk
The Winged Brood

1 New Side Content Boss

The Unbreakable Egg

8 Plague System Bosses

Sigrid’s Vow
Marin’s Voice
Marin’s Might
Annora’s Shadow
The Sayer’s Echo
Bloodbound Torment
Daughter of the Vale
Caylen’s Faithful
Caylen’s Forgotten

Falstead Darak – Both phases received a major polish, including:
Polished animations
Adjusted behavior
Cleaned up hitbox data
Added new abilities
Riven Twins – Received a major update to help them stand out from other enemies of the similar type, including:
Improved and polished animations
Changed accents in animations
Tweaked behavior
Echo Knight – General polish pass for both phases, including:
Refined hitbox data for better precision
Enhanced hit reactions caused by the boss
Reworked one of the boss’s abilities from scratch

2 New Enemy Factions with a total of 12 New Enemies

New Balak Taw Faction
Stalking Jay
Wild Finch
Mad Brambler
Heavy Feather
Bone Hawk
Hive Slinger
High Talon
New Harvesters Faction
Timber Wight
Wormwood Wretch
Limseed Archer
Rust Reaver
Corpse Treader

6 New Enemies for Existing Factions

Torn Humans
Torn Carapace
Plagued Beasts
Winged Broodling
Torn Bear
Beasts
Rust Bear
Bane Moth
Wild Boar

9 New Critters

Alpine Goat
Barn Spider
Brush Rabbit
Crested Stag
Speckled Deer
Shade Fox
Veldt Sheep
Woodland Squirrel
Chicken

Existing Enemy Changes

Torn Crawler
Polish Pass
Torn Crawler
Fixed and reinforced burrow/unburrow behavior.
Torn Grubhost
Behavior overhaul—now far more aggressive.
Animation polish.
Removed visually similar attacks to improve readability.
Bonded Witch
Deals more damage

Humanoid Updates

General polish pass: cleaned animations, refined hitboxes, and tweaked behavior.
Further tightened hitbox data for more precise interactions.
Backstab feature rebalanced: the position behind an enemy required to trigger a backstab now demands greater precision.
Every humanoid archetype gained anti-backstab behavior
Improved turn-in-place behavior for all humanoids, varying by weapon type.
Refined movement settings: humanoid navigation is now more accurate.
Refined unlockable attacks for all humanoid archetypes to make them more readable
Each humanoid received evasive ability against projectile attacks;
Added out-of-screen protection – enemies should not launch projectiles if they are out of screen.

Factional Updates

Knights of Tanth
Added Crossbow Shot and Kamikaze Rat abilities
Springwire trap now deals more damage
Boarskin
Added Spear Throw ability.
False Ones

Bounties Updates

Knights of Knellap, Plagued Doctors, The Huntsmen, The Reapers, and The Red have received a major polish pass—each ability was updated and refined
Bounty targets received behavior updates to reinforce the unique challenges they present

General Enemy Improvements

Many enemies will now react to the player attempting to get behind them to perform a backstab
General polish pass: cleaned animations, refined hitboxes, and tweaked behavior
Tightened hitbox data for fairer encounters
Added drown animations to all creature types

Balance:

Arrows now cost focus to use
Falling Sky staff is no longer craftable
Flasks & Bombs now deal more damage
Vial items now last 2 minutes
Vials of Focus now increases focus gain instead of giving a flat focus amount
Weapon Oils & elemental-overriding enchantments now last 60 seconds
Gnarled Saw now deals less poise damage
Dual Daggers now deal less poise damage and have less focus gain
Throw runes now cost 50 focus, but have had their damage adjusted accordingly
Gem drop rate has been significantly reduced
Heal Aura is now a channeled rune. It will heal the player for as long as the player channels it, which consumes focus in turn.
Channel is now a channelled rune. It will grant focus for as long as the player channels it, which consumes health in turn.
Lightning Claw now deals less damage and poise damage
Most items/enchantments that granted flat amounts of focus have been either removed or reworked to instead grant focus gain increases
Reap now costs 100 focus
Spin now costs 100 focus
Pole Flurry now costs 100 focus
Berserk Strike now costs 100 focus
Wave spells now cost 100 focus
The player is now considered to be at Low Health when below 50%
Wooden Sword buff
Governor’s Sword buff
All bow runes have been re-balanced
Scythe of Wretches Charged Attack buff
Dried Hive’s now deals less damage with its first attack
Bleeder’s delight now deals less damage with its run attack

Music:

New Music Composed by Gareth Coker
New titlescreen / menu / character creation music and flow
New Prologue music
New exploration music in The Shallows
New exploration music in Mariner’s Keep
New exploration music in Orban Glades post-Sacrament arrival
New Sacrament exterior music + tech foundation for music expansion
New Sacrament interior music + tech foundation for music expansion
New Warrick music
New Darak music (both forms)
New Riven Twins music
New Sewers exploration music + tech foundation for music expansion
Numerous new miscellaneous targeted area/event music in various locations from original early access release
New music for all cinematics from original early access release
New exploration music for Marin Woods
New exploration music for Lowland Meadows
New exploration music for Marin Village
Numerous new miscellaneous targeted area music in Marin Woods, Lowland Meadows, and music support for Breach-related narrative events
New Plagued Bear music
New Caretaker music
New Winged Brood music
New music for Balak Taw arena
Technical foundation for Plague system music implementation
New music for all cinematics for Breach-related narrative content
New Crucible music was added July 2024

Input:

Custom cursor is now available in-game
PlayStation controller scheme is now supported

Audio:

Full audio coverage of Breach expansion
Equipped type of weapon will now be represented in the player’s movement and foley SFX
Vivid ambiences and environment SFX for a variety of new areas
Real time processing of the environments for plagued areas
Voice actor recordings and integration for a huge number of new and existing NPCs
Custom voice actor recordings and sound design for new enemy factions, monsters, wildlife, and bosses
Group VO recordings for NPC crowds and diegetic music
Music system design and integration of new cinematic-, boss-, and exploration music
Bespoke foley stage recordings for cinematic cutscenes
UI SFX for a number of system panels, including Danos the Builder, Captain Randolph, Plague Screens, and the Seneschal
Audio support for a number of kickable debris items scattered through the world.
Improved Damage-Over-Time tech and SFX for elemental damage.
Technical audio improvements, including improved performance, fast travel fixes, new music system support, and sound host location fixes

VFX:

New Dynamic Leaves
New ground impact effects
Grass is now able to be burned away by fiery effects
Fast travelling via whisper now has a new visual effect

Localization:

Added and updated localized text in many places across multiple languages

Bug Fixes:

Fixed an issue where interacting with Rattigan multiple times in his cage lead to a crash
Fixed players and ally NPCs being able to push Darak off the bridge
Fixed an issue where blink off an edge allowed the player to go much further than intended
Fixed issue with two Roans appearing at the start of the Inquisition Arrival cutscene
Fixed Experience Loss On Death enchantment not activating when dying via the environment (drowning, falling, etc)
Fixed Captain Randolph’s cape flickering
Fixed an issue where the player wasn’t notified when the inventory was full while crafting.
Fixed the helmsman’s talk animation in prologue
Fixed the collision of the fence near the blacksmith area when smithy is upgraded to level 3
Fixed the helmsman not touching the ship’s wheel during prologue
Fixed the audio timing during cutscene for Darak when jumping off the bridge in Orban Glades
Fixed being able to see out of world in Iona’s Cavern on the far right side
Fixed the wall on the outer entrance to the ships interior not fading properly
Fixed old attribute scores flashing on screen when confirming new attribute points
Fixed the collision on a tent in Mariner’s Keep
Fixed the quest marker floating in the air after defeating Darak and returning to Winnick during Of Rats and Raiders
Fixed players being able to climb up a rock ledge
Fixed an unintended shortcut where players were able to climb up a rock ledge in southern Orban Glades and instantly reach a potential large chest
Fixed an unintended shortcut where players were able to jump and clip through the Nameless Pass kickdown bridge while it was still raised
Fixed Winnick’s rapier clipping into his model
Fixed Sirens being unable to pathfind onto ground properly in some situations
Fixed Sirens getting stuck in walls in The Black Trench
Fixed Horus in Sacrament randomly mopping the air at times
Fixed Bonded Witch being able to spawn in the air in Nameless Pass quarry
Fixed issue with wolves not being hit by certain projectiles sometimes
Fixed Winnick’s laugh getting cut off when first talking to him inside Sacrament
Fixed issue climbing being inconsistent with Nameless Pass cranes when jumping from other platforms
Fixed “Health decreased by x%” enchant causing health loss upon re-joining a realm
Fixed input queueing for bows
Removed a floating rock at the Mountain Gate
Fixed enemies’ poise defence getting permanently lowered when their poise is broken
Fixed “Adrenaline Rush” Echo allowing players to run out of world in crucible
Fixed being able to climb on top of a wall unintendedly in the optional side of The Black trench
Fixed being able to go straight to The Riven Twins by falling down terrain at The Mountain Gate
Fixed being able to climb up the broken tower in Mariner’s Keep and skip to the upper part of Orban Glades
Fixed being able to go out of world on the far left side of The Shallows, via Mariner’s Keep
Fixed small stone objects clipping into wall in Sacrament Graveyard
Fixed Tooth of the Ancient One’s first charged attack having two separate SFX
Fixed Bud of the Everlasting Tree’s third charged attack having two separate SFX
Fixed pipe sidle section assets and collision so players don’t get stuck in the optional side of The Black Trench
Fixed getting stuck due to collision issues with stone wall near the entrance of Mariner’s
Fixed falling out of world due to collision issues near the vine wall in south west Sacrament
Fixed a chest clipping in the ground when opened in Sacrament river
Fixed being able to get onto an unintended area near the end of Iona’s Cavern
Fixed being able to stay underwater by getting caught on terrain when raising the water level in The Black Trench
Fixed Return rune description formatting
Fixed being invincible forever due to a problem with Echoes in Crucible
Fixed Capercaillie parts being attainable in-game (all related recipes/blueprints have been adjusted)
Fixed Turkey parts being attainable in-game (all related recipes/blueprints have been adjusted)
Fixed being unable to equip broken gear
Fixed getting stuck in the upper part of Orban Glades by falling down a rock they cannot climb back up
Fixed being able to climb out of world near the ladder in Iona’s Cavern
Fixed being able to climb out of world near the end of the hallucination sequence in Iona’s Cavern
Fixed being able to drop off the vines and get to an unintended platform in the upper part of Iona’s Cavern

2025-04-30 19:19

No Rest for the Wicked Update Patch Notes – The Breach

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